A fool there was and he made his prayer (Even as you and I!) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair We called her the woman who did not care), But the fool he called her his lady fair (Even as you and I!)
LoveHuman natureDevotionDisillusionmentFoolishnessIdealismWorship
Not all devotion is foolish; some is necessary for meaning.
I have written the tale of our life For a sheltered people's mirth, In jesting guise - but ye are wise, And ye know what the jest is worth.
Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, And be merry as the custom of our caste; For if 'faint and forced the laughter,' a…
I have eaten your bread and salt. I have drunk your water and wine. The deaths ye died I have watched beside And the lives ye led were mine.
The Love of the human being for God is a reverence which penetrates the very depths of his being, and which is not permitted to be given except to Allah alone.…
I really thought that love would save us all.
The truth [is] that there is only one terminal dignity - love. And the story of love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is…